It seems like no one can defy the change towards "flat-design" in modern software. Don't get me wrong, I like it for the most part.But who actually designed the new SourceTree UI, stepped back, took a deep breath and thought "Yeah that looks good"?The UI had lots of changes in the past and most of them made it worse in terms of usability and readability, which is a pitty. The lack of contrast and outlines makes it a total mess for me.

Hi everyone,I'd like to start by acknowledging that we should have done better in communicating our intentions and how we are resolving concerns around this very passionate topic.As noted previously in thread, the substantial UX redesign was first introduced nearly two years ago for both platforms with additional changes as necessary. One of the goals was and is the fidelity of Sourcetree between platforms as well as with the rest of the Atlassian family. And in an effort to tackle the very common complaint of interface bloat, we also removed several buttons from the toolbar and other areas that were either redundant or infrequently used.Since this admittedly rocky start we've listened to your feedback and made some changes:restored the Flow toolbar buttontweaked the colors and drawing of graph linesdelivered a revised set of toolbar icons infused with a bit more color and claritydelivered a revised set of file status icons with clear iconographyadded ahead/behind indicators to tabs (Windows)improved the responsiveness and appearance of tabs (Windows)refreshed the Atlassian and Sourcetree brandingOne of the most contentious aspects was the removal of the treeview (sidebar) from Sourcetree for Windows. Jens, our Head of Product, recently posted an official response in SRCTREEWIN-7176 to help move us all forward.Thank you for your patience and feedback around the pain points you’ve experienced with the UX changes. We do strive to improve the experience overall for the wide variety of users in our community but don't want to strip away everything you've come to know and love. We have work to do internally to better communicate and listen and I hope you can help us by staying positive and encouraging! Brian GanningerProduct Manager, Sourcetree

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+1 Daniel, good point well made. I've gone from thinking that sourcetree is the best git tool, to barely understanding it, whats wrong with colour. Luckily I had the previous version I downloaded a week or so ago so have rolled back. Maybe an option for old/new view wouldn't go amiss Atlassian?

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Totally with you. SourceTree has been on a downward path for quite some time now. The latest update completely kills readability, and where's the GitFlow button?

SourceTree was a great product. I hope it gets better again, (not counting on it though)

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